Description
There is a reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function in tiffvisitor.cpp of Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100030
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00013.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475124
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0266
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-617
Status
published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
debian/debian_linux
10.0
exiv2/exiv2
0.26
Published
Jul 27, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026